bookworm

Example Sentences

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His golden Gryffindor trio included Emma Watson as the muggle-born bookworm Hermione and Rupert Grint as the loyal but sometimes insensitive Ron.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

An under-the-radar prospect from Miami, Mendoza was such a bookworm in high school that some coaches stopped pursuing him because they questioned whether he really wanted to play football.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

He was a lifelong bookworm who recalled taking out up to four novels a day from his local public library.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

We’ve been asking our sources, our colleagues and our bookworm friends about their favorite books of 2022.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

What were they to him, Silvertongue and his daughter, the boy, the bookworm, and the woman who was another man’s wife once more?

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke